Word: taper
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...year. But even so, there were 13,000 who had escaped the disease for every one who was stricken. Comparing 1949 with former years, health officers in New York City, Detroit and Chicago saw reason to hope that the outbreak was at or near its peak, and would soon taper...
Officials clung to the hope that this year, unlike last, the crippling disease might reach a peak at an early date, then quickly taper...
...Trade Taper. Despite mounting EGA shipments, U.S. exports dropped in September for the third straight month to $926,500,000, the lowest point in nearly two years, and $496,400,000 below their postwar peak. Imports were down also...
Actual scrimmaging time was kept to a minimum as the team began to taper off on contact work. A dummy scrimmage took up the better part of the afternoon with emphasis on split-second timing and final details of the new system. A short but vicious assault on the tackling dumies finished ceremonies...
Fewer Voices, More Rooms. The boom in the hotel business had begun to taper off. Horwath & Horwath, accountants for the industry, reported that in the first half of 1948, the national occupancy rate was 88% of capacity, down from the 92% in the first six months...